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Windy day at Goryu

Matt — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 05:04:14 +0000

A bit more fresh snow last night – maybe 10cm at the bottom and 20cm up top to add to the dusting we had the day before. Goryu are reporting 45cm base up top and temperatures of -4C

The Morino & Wadano crew headed up to check it out.

Morino & Wadano lodge crew up top

The wind had picked up since the morning and was whipping across Alpsdaira leading to slow lifts and line-ups but the snow was powdery and the views were good.

A windy Alpsdaira

The bottom of Goryu had maybe 15cm so a way to go before the lower runs are open but the 16th/17th/18th is looking very promising for decent snowfall in the valley.

View at the bottom

Gifts from the Snow Gods

Jen — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:42:54 +0000

Keigo opts for the more adventurous route...via river!

It’s been snowing hard here in Hakuba, and the Morino crew all got on the slopes early to enjoy some fresh lines. The 25 new centimeters came in a little heavy, but still heaps of fun to ride! Keigo and I took a detour that had us crossing a river a few times and trudging through thigh-deep snow for ages. Well, knee-deep snow to you non-midget types. I suppose you have to sweat a little for your powder every once in a while. Whatever it takes to keep the powder gods happy!

In the meantime, those dieties of frozen vapour have us all looking skyward and returning those smiles. The snow is still coming down steadily, only lighter and fluffier now. Another fresh 30 or 40 by tomorrow morning? Fingers crossed. I’m glad to see this season still has some goodies in store for us powder hounds. Woo hoo!!!

A superior day in the Backcountry!

Jen — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:45:18 +0000

February 23rd... blue skies and plenty of good snow to be had. What a day to be out!

An awesome view of the terrain above.

Kucho takes a kip before riding.

Eric and Craig check out the snow and the view of the valley below.

Eric rips it up in some fantastic snow. Well worth the hike!

Goryu Backcountry Jan 28th

Matt — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:56:22 +0000

North faces still have perfect power conditions from top to bottom as we found out today behind Goryu.

Goryu Backcountry Jan 28th

Matt — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:03:54 +0000

North faces still have perfect power conditions from top to bottom as we found out today behind Goryu.

December 1st at Goryu

Matt — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 07:05:15 +0000

Beautiful day and not a cloud in the sky so went to stretch my legs on top at Goryu. Was expecting dust on crust but found 15cm of fresh snow on a forgiving base. The pistes were in perfect condition! The weather this week is expected to stay sunny and mild followed by colder temperatures and hopefully lots of snow from Friday the 6th of December. Here are some shots from today.

Above is looking south over alps-daira.

The top run at Goryu – snow was in perfect condition.

Resorts Open!!

Matt — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:52:20 +0000

Goryu and Happo are now open for the 2007/2008 season. I missed the opening day for Goryu yesterday but made it to Happo today for their opening day. Although there’s only maybe 15cm at the bottom of the mountain the top half is looking very good indeed. Probably a metre or so has settled above 1300m in the last week setting up an excellent base for the snow to come.

Not super deep (maybe lower calf deep) but pretty decent powder lay in await at the top of the gondola. By the time we took pics it had already been tracked out but not bad for the first day of the season in November!!

Halloween party at Tracks

Matt — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 08:35:48 +0000

I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves!

After that it was off to Naughty’s in Tsugaike for the Dafunda 2007 DVD release party.